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in the meantime, browse around the old blog posts, and follow me on twitter, bookface, and youtube for updates on my not so amazing progress...</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BrendaCarrasco/~3/8-cy-YioLm0/please-excuse-our-dust.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (doctored designs)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8nHIyEkh4HI/Sc_C1PjnhEI/AAAAAAAACUc/00jWWBp4HHg/s72-c/DSC02352.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BrendaCarrasco/~4/8-cy-YioLm0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://brendacarrasco.blogspot.com/2010/03/please-excuse-our-dust.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4322161793471280778.post-6189149059017255017</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 23:07:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-03-24T18:45:37.943-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">videos</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">consumption</category><title>the cycle of consumption</title><atom:summary /><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BrendaCarrasco/~3/hhVhcSpRzYg/cycle-of-consumption.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (doctored designs)</author><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BrendaCarrasco/~4/hhVhcSpRzYg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://brendacarrasco.blogspot.com/2010/03/cycle-of-consumption.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4322161793471280778.post-7510118119610602255</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 18:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-03-26T11:19:35.424-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">videos</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">consumption</category><title>the story of bottled water</title><atom:summary /><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BrendaCarrasco/~3/peJtRgZoID8/story-of-bottled-water.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (doctored designs)</author><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BrendaCarrasco/~4/peJtRgZoID8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://brendacarrasco.blogspot.com/2010/03/story-of-bottled-water.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4322161793471280778.post-1719640675655913131</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-01T18:52:47.053-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">art</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">signs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">consumption</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">how-to</category><title>why should you consume art?</title><atom:summary>There are a million reasons why we should invest in art.  Below are a few I can think of using my own collection from some of the talented artists in Fresno, California...1.   Art can create a mood, change the energy of an environment, and even connect with the guests in your home.  It's a way of relating to others.abstract landscape painting by Ramiro Martinez. photo by Raffi Mouradian. 2.  Art </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BrendaCarrasco/~3/dX6yar0w7fQ/3-reasons-to-consume-art.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (doctored designs)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8nHIyEkh4HI/SozMYx6GGvI/AAAAAAAADB4/FR9YzQ_Y0bQ/s72-c/Painting+LR.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BrendaCarrasco/~4/dX6yar0w7fQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://brendacarrasco.blogspot.com/2009/08/3-reasons-to-consume-art.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4322161793471280778.post-7094157386994009587</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 02:14:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-08-24T01:25:22.642-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sustainability</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">consumption</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">purpose</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">innovation</category><title>4 Simple Ways To Screw Over The World</title><atom:summary>If you're looking for ways to slow down society's progress, we have a few tips that will help ya on your mission to screw over the world.1.  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We have organized parts within us, like organs, veins, a right brain, and a left brain, that allow us to grow both physically and mentally.  Not only are we structured in this uniform way, but we, as human beings, have a propensity for organizing and structuring the world outside of us that allows our environment to grow and change as we do.  The </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BrendaCarrasco/~3/bEoBWYVEbt4/we-consume-ourselves.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (doctored designs)</author><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BrendaCarrasco/~4/bEoBWYVEbt4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://brendacarrasco.blogspot.com/2009/07/we-consume-ourselves.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4322161793471280778.post-1285806646492345259</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:48:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-04T19:23:02.290-07:00</atom:updated><title>The Consumption of Meat</title><atom:summary /><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BrendaCarrasco/~3/hkjcA6C0zfg/consumption-of-meat.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (doctored designs)</author><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BrendaCarrasco/~4/hkjcA6C0zfg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://brendacarrasco.blogspot.com/2009/07/consumption-of-meat.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4322161793471280778.post-6644280306110820648</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:51:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-07T20:42:22.087-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sustainability</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">consumption</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">purpose</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">change</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">business</category><title>the business logic of sustainability</title><atom:summary>Ray Anderson discusses how business and industry are responsible for the decay of our biosphere and how they are also responsible for providing the solution.  Listen to the ingenious way he managed to close the loop in the materials economy in an industry that is traditionally dependent on petroleum.  </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BrendaCarrasco/~3/4c8fBwC9nVI/business-logic-of-sustainability.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (doctored designs)</author><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BrendaCarrasco/~4/4c8fBwC9nVI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://brendacarrasco.blogspot.com/2009/06/business-logic-of-sustainability.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4322161793471280778.post-5006476409493629534</guid><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:47:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-10T13:16:15.502-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">creativity</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">passion</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">intelligence</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">career</category><title>All of us "have" a genius.</title><atom:summary> </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BrendaCarrasco/~3/fIciFdEPkVk/all-of-us-have-genius.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (doctored designs)</author><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BrendaCarrasco/~4/fIciFdEPkVk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://brendacarrasco.blogspot.com/2009/06/all-of-us-have-genius.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4322161793471280778.post-2797202184076111745</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:51:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-25T11:45:43.320-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">signs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">purpose</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">passion</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">place</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">career</category><title>follow your internal compass</title><atom:summary>John F. 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The shows are located at Broadway Studios in Fresno, California, on the first Thursday of the month, unless stated otherwise.  The venue and themes are subject to change and are dependent on the type &amp; amount of submissions we receive.  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